Allen P. Rubine

Where the defendant, seeking to avoid the imposition of prejudgment interest, has raised several issues for appellate review without providing a meaningful discussion or legal briefing of the issues, she has failed to present any articulable legal argument that would ...

Where the Coventry zoning board approved an application for a dimensional variance to maintain a garbage receptacle in front of a commercial business, the matter must be remanded for a decision that contains sufficient findings of fact and conclusions of ...

Where a judge assigned the plaintiff a defendant’s “choses in action,” the defendant’s appeal must fail under the “raise-or-waive” rule. “At the outset, we note that the parties in the instant case were previously before this Court in Tri-Town Construction ...

Where a defendant bank was awarded summary judgment on a plaintiff borrower’s post-foreclosure complaint, the plaintiff has waived her right to claim that the bank breached federal regulations, as such a claim was not raised in her complaint. “… The ...

Where a jury found the defendant guilty of three counts of child molestation against his stepdaughter, the judgment must be upheld despite his claims that the trial justice committed a number of errors that warrant a reversal of his conviction. ...

A Superior Court judge has reversed a zoning board’s denial of an application for a dimensional variance for construction of a home on a non-conforming lot, ruling that the zoning board’s findings were contrary to the conclusions of the applicant’s ...

Where a plaintiff applied for a dimensional variance to build a three-bedroom single-family home on a vacant undersized non-conforming lot in Warwick, a decision by the Warwick zoning board to deny the application must be reversed because the applicant satisfied ...

Where a judge granted summary judgment to a plaintiff assignee of credit card debt, the judgment must be affirmed, as the judge committed no error in denying the defendant’s belated demand for arbitration. “[Defendant Brandon] Potter contends that the hearing ...

Where a judge ruled in favor of the defendant homeowners in a payment dispute over the construction of a backyard patio, the judgment must be affirmed because the plaintiff masonry company has not presented a persuasive reason to disregard the ...

Where a plaintiff, following the end of his romantic relationship with the defendant, has requested declaratory and injunctive relief with regard to their Border Collie, the defendant should be granted exclusive possession of the dog under the ‘best for all ...